Fugitive Sought In Slaying Linked To Identity Theft

Federal authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who has been charged in the bombing death of a City Colleges janitor last month in his South Side apartment.

Sienky Lallemand, 29, whose last known address was in Dolton, has eluded federal agents and Chicago police and is considered a fugitive, authorities said. He is described as black, 26, about 6 feet tall and 220 pounds. He may be of Haitian descent and speak French.

Authorities today said a second man was arrested March 7 in Pennsylvania in connection with the identity theft and mail bombing that killed Marcus Toney, 37.

Jessie L. Jackson, 31, of Aliquippa, Pa., allegedly submitted a change-of-address form to the South Chicago post office, rerouting Toney's mail to a private mailbox, so he could use Toney's identity to lease a car and make credit card purchases.

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Man charged after 3-year-old found wandering street

Police today charged a 24-year-old Chicago man with child neglect he left his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter unattended late last night in their Northwest Side apartment. Police found the child wandering the street in her pajamas at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Kedzie Avenue and Argyle Street, said police spokesman Patrice Harper.

Officers put her in their squad car and drove her through the neighborhood until she pointed out her residence in the 4900 block of North Kedzie. As they pulled up, Dwayne White was returning home to learn the girl apparently had let herself out a window, Harper said.

White is scheduled to appear in court on the misdemeanor charges on April 5.

Some pots of gold can be found in Springfield, too

Gov. George Ryan and veteran Democratic state Rep. Art Turner (9th) announced that the state earmarked $260,000 in grants today for various West Side social service programs. Part of the governor's $12 billion Illinois FIRST building program, the grants still require approval from the General Assembly before being instituted.

Metamorphisis, Inc. would receive a $100,000 grant to fund transitional housing programs for pregnant teens. AGAPE is eligible for $85,000 in grant money to improve its youth development program for children. The I Am Able Foundation was allocated $50,000 to fund a mental health study and the West Side YMCA would receive $25,000 to improve tutoring services and create a computer center.

Feds: Expect more arrests in gang crimes unit investigation

Over the next several weeks, federal prosecutors said they expect more arrests in a 20-month investigation into allegations that a band of rogue Chicago cops for years shook down drug dealers and planted evidence. The investigation came to light last year after ex-Chicago cop Joseph Miedzianowski was charged with running a Miami-to-Chicago drug ring.

Gang leader and confessed killer Nelson Padilla, who worked in Miedzianowski's alleged ring, Thursday testified in U.S. District Court in Chicago that officers regularly ripped off drug dealers, fixed criminal cases and several times sprung him from jails so he could visit his girlfriends.

Miedzianowski's longtime partner, John Galligan, and three other Chicago officers have been stripped of police powers and assigned to desk duty. A Cook County sheriff's correctional officer also has been transferred from his job on the firing range to a non-sensitive one.

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With hands that size, it's easy to have a finger in everything

Ex-Bulls star Michael Jordan has agreed to promote Divine Interventures, a Lisle-based holding company that offers business and technology expertise to Web startups. Jordan will tout the company in television and/or print ads twice a year for three years.

In return, Jordan will receive 1 million shares of Divine stock at $1 per share. The company expects to offer its stock in its April IPO for between $6 and $8. Tribune Co. has a small investment in Divine as well.

In other news regarding His Airness, his attorneys are eager for a trial to decide whether Jordan's partners in his now-closed restaurant have the right to move it to another location. And in basketball, the Jordan-run Wizards pulled off some magic last night in stopping Ex-Bulls coach Phil Jackson's Lakers' 19-game winning streak, 109-102.

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Robbers foiled in third act as stolen Oscars to be replaced If this were a mystery movie script, R.S. Owens, the Chicago company that makes the Oscars, would be the hero. The box carrying the gold-plated statuettes to be presented at the Academy Awards March 26 vanished Thursday night from a trucking company loading dock in suburban Los Angeles.

A R.S. Owens spokesman said the company would manufacture replacement Oscars through March 25, and, if necessary, the precious cargo would be flown to Los Angeles.